William frederick maitlick



(No Model.)

W. F. MAULIGK.

HOOK FOR AWNINGS, &c. No. 396,587. Patented Jan. 22, 1889..

WITNESSES, LNVE 0R.

UNITED STATES VILLIAM FREDERICK MAULIOK,

PATENT @FFICE.

OF COLUMBIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

HOOK FOR AWNINGS, 80c.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 396,587 dated January22, 1889.

Application filed July 16, 1888. Serial No. 280,052. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM FREDERIcK MAULIOK, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Columbia, in the county of Lancaster and Stateof Pennsylvania, have in vented certain new and useful Improvements inHooks for Awnings, &e.; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enableothers skilled in the art to whichit appert-ains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to hooks.

The object is to produce a hook which may be used for various purposes,but more particularly for attaching awnings to buildings, theconstruction of the said hook being such that the awning may be removedand replaced at will without the necessity of remoy'in g the hook,thereby preventing injury to the woodwork of the window. l urthermore,the object is to produce a hook which shall be ex ceedingly simple ofconstruction, efiicient and durable in use, and which may be produced ata comparatively slight expense.

\Vith these objects in view, the invention consists in the novelconstruction and combination of parts of a hook, as will be hereinafterfully described in the specification, illustrated in the drawings, andpointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and inwhich like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts, I haveillustrated one form of device embodying the essential features of myinvention, although the same may be carried into effect in other wayswithout in the least departing from the spirit thereof; and in thesedrawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of the hook in place in a piece ofwood. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view showing the spring for holding thehook in position; and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the hook portion,showing the peculiar construction of the same.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the shank of the hook, one endof which is provided with screw-threads, by means of which it mayreadily be attached to any portion of the wood-work of a window, and theopposite end with a shoulder, a, the portion a serving to prevent thescrew entering too far into the wood, or, in other words, acting as ashoulder.

The outer end of the shoulder a is provided with a longitudinal slot,662, which extends down, preferably, about one third of the length ofthe shoulder, and is designed for the reception of a tenon, b, of thehook portion B. To the under side of the shoulder a is secured a flatspring, 0, the lower end of which is secured to the said shoulder bymeans of a rivet, c, or other equivalent form of fastening device, theupper end, 0, serving as a stop for engaging the inner face, I), of thetenon b.

In carrying this invention into effect the tenon b is inserted throughthe longitudinal slot a in the shank, the shoulder I) preventing thehook from falling inward, and a rivet, b serves to secure it in place.The spring 0 is then riveted or otherwise secured to the shank, and theend 0' rests against the inner surface of the tenon I), thus serving tohold the hook portion B in position against falling outward. \Vhen theawning is to be put in place, the spring C is bent down, so as to throwit out of contact with the tenon b, and the hook is thrown back. Afterthe awning has been slid on the shank the hook is turned up and thespring, pressing against the tenon I), as before described, prevents thehook from dropping back. It will thus be seen that, although this deviceis exceedingly simple of construction, ,it will be found highlyefficient and durable in use, and may be constructed at a cost verylittle beyond the hooks now employed for that purpose.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is v The combination of the shankprovided at one end with screw-threads and the other end with alongitudinal slot, a hook having a tenon formed thereon for engaging thesaid slot and a shoulder to prevent its falling inward, and a springsecured to the under side of the shank and adapted to engage a shoulderof the tenon to prevent the hook from falling outward, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereuntoaffixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM FREDERICK MAULICK.

Vitnesses:

JOHN HENRY OSTERTAG, JEssE D. GIROIN.

